Mike Busby > Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP > Guildford, England > Lawyer Profile
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP Offices
31 CHERTSEY STREET
GUILDFORD, SURREY
GU1 4HD
England
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Mike Busby
Work Department
Real estate, banking and finance.
Position
Partner in the Guildford office of the real estate division specialising in all aspects of non-contentious, high value landlord and tenant work; pre-let agreements; freehold and leasehold acquisitions and disposals; hotel purchases and disposals, including development agreements; care home developments; secured lending and residential development work. A member of the hotel and leisure sector group, Mike has recently advised on two plus £150 million GDV developments. He acts for Flight Centre (UK) Limited (on all their UK acquisitions and disposals), various hotel entrepreneurs/brands; Burhill Group Limited and Galleon Care Homes Ltd.
Career
Trained Penningtons, 2003; qualified 2005; associate 2009; partner 2012.
Education
Shebbear College; University of Southampton (2001 BA Hons 2(1) archaeology and history); College of Law, Guildford (2002 postgraduate Diploma in Law, commendation; 2003 LPC, commendation).
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
(Leading individuals)The ‘widely respected‘ commercial property team at Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP handles work for regional, London and national clients, with specialism in planning, promotion agreements, construction, social housing, development and industrial matters. Mike Busby heads the department in Guildford with considerable expertise in high-value asset work and development work, acting for national retailers, hotel operators and large landowners. Timothy Davies handles acquisitions of development land commercially and residentially whilst Tony Burns handles work involving industrial and logistics sites, especially regarding development funding agreements.
Lawyer Rankings
- Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex - South East > Real estate
- Leading individuals - South East > Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Employment > Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Employment > Employment: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Private client > Family: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Employment > Employment: Hampshire
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Employment > Pensions
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Public sector > Public sector
- Real estate > Social housing
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40